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A person with short dark hair wearing a black blazer and light shirt. Burcu Dogramaci | London Exile

11th August, 2025 in Author’s corner

In her book ‘London Exile’ Burcu Dogramaci explores the British capital of the 1930s and 1940s as a sanctuary for modern artists.

Two men wearing glasses, one of whom has distinctive red glasses. Herman Westerink and Philippe Van Haute | Seduction, Drive and Repetition

30th July, 2025 in Author’s corner

‘Seduction, Drive and Repetition’ makes the compelling argument that the key to understanding Freud’s clinical writings and psychoanalytical theories lies in his trauma theory. The authors argue that Freud never truly abandoned his initial trauma the…

Portrait of a man and a woman David John Boyd and Julie Briand-Boyd | Superhero Comics and Scottish Identity

16th June, 2025 in Author’s corner

In ‘Superhero Comics and Scottish Identity’ authors David John Boyd and Julie Briand-Boyd investigate questions of historical and contemporary expressions of Scottishness in transcultural comics genres such as superhero, science fiction, and fantasy.

Drie personen kijken in een boek Leuvense kennisnetwerken tussen studenten en geleerden

2nd June, 2025 in Author’s corner

In het boek ‘Lessen uit het verleden’ vind je niet alleen vele korte bijdragen, maar ook acht interviews. Lees een voorproefje op het interview met David de la Croix, Margherita Fantoli en Violet Soen.

portrait of Yolanda Aixela-Cabre Yolanda Aixelà-Cabré | African Women’s Histories in European Narratives

20th May, 2025 in Author’s corner

‘African Women’s Histories in European Narratives’ explains how the Krio Fernandino, and particularly their women, transcended the barriers of race and gender in colonial Africa and in Spain.

black & white photo of the editors Jelle Haemers, Andrea Bardyn, Chanelle Delameillieure Jelle Haemers, Andrea Bardyn, Chanelle Delameillieure | Urban Women

12th May, 2025 in Author’s corner

In ‘Urban Women’ Jelle Haemers, Andrea Bardyn, and Chanelle Delameillieure tell a different story, one in which women step forward as the main characters.

Mark Delaere Mark Delaere | Alban Berg. Wozzeck

29th April, 2025 in Author’s corner

Wozzeck is een van de belangrijkste opera’s van de twintigste eeuw. Musicoloog Mark Delaere verkent Bergs bewerking van de toneeltekst en belicht de muzikale vormgeving van het werk.

Raf Van Rooy | Student Notes from Latin Europe (1400–1750)

28th April, 2025 in Author’s corner

In ‘Student Notes from Latin Europe (1400–1750)’, a diverse group of specialists explores the technical and practical challenges of reading, interpreting, and editing student notes.

Brussel in een België met vier gewesten? Dirk Moors, Anneloes Vandenbroucke, Iadine Degryse, Simon Boone | Brussel in een België met vier gewesten?

30th January, 2025 in Author’s corner

In dit boek buigen ruim vijfentwintig onderzoekers zich over de bevoegdheden die Brussel en de Brusselaars nodig hebben.

Steven Jacobs and Raf Wollaert Steven Jacobs and Raf Wollaert | Marcel Broodthaers and Film

13th January, 2025 in Author’s corner

In ‘Marcel Broodthaers and Film’ editors Steven Jacobs and Raf Wollaert discuss his films as inseparable from his entire oeuvre while situating them in the larger history of experimental film.

Angeliki Sioli, Nishat Awan, and Kristopher Palagi | Architectures of Resistance Angeliki Sioli, Nishat Awan, and Kristopher Palagi | Architectures of Resistance

20th December, 2024 in Author’s corner

The volume ‘Architectures of Resistance’ addresses spatial boundaries as places where social and political conditions are intensified and where new spatial practices of architectural resistance arise.

portrait of Nidesh Lawtoo and Marina Garcia-Granero Nidesh Lawtoo and Marina Garcia-Granero | Homo Mimeticus II

25th September, 2024 in Author’s corner

In this second installment of the Homo Mimeticus series, international scholars working in philosophy, literary theory, classics, cultural studies, sociology, political theory, and the neurosciences engage creatively with Nidesh Lawtoo’s ‘Homo Mimeti…